Patients who gave up alcohol for four weeks were at lower risk of developing cancer and diabetes, a new study at the Royal Free Hospital has revealed.

A study has found that bed can harbour dangerous bacteria and moulds. Mandy Francis explores the health hazards hiding underneath your sheets and finds out how to avoid them.

Former England rugby captain Mike Tindall made a profit of almost £300,000 through his company in the past year - a staggering increase of more than 2,000 per cent on 2014.

The 49-year-old was kicked off the £150 Wizz Air flight from London Luton airport to Vilnius, in Lithuania, where she was headlining a concert.

Julie Skinner, 63, found it very difficult to adjust to retirement. For Marion Davis, 63, it wouldn't sink in that she'd given up work. And Sue Overall, a former GP, became depressed.

Convicted murderer Peter Sutcliffe is reportedly convinced his ex-wife Sonia's second husband, Michael, 55, a hairdresser, is the reason she is visiting him at Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire, less.

Moors murderer Ian Brady is 'close to death' after he sent out his Christmas cards four months early. Brady, 77, who has not shown any remorse for the murders, sent his first cards in September.

From university drop-out to the globe's most in-demand couturier and every supermodel's best friend, FEMAIL charts the stratospheric rise of the man behind Balmain.

I've embarked on a sexual relationship for the first time since my marriage ended four years ago, when I was 45. My man's very attractive, he insists on trying three positions when making love.

Economic forecasters said it was becoming harder for families to move up the property ladder because the cost of buying a bigger house has 'skyrocketed', while the average house price is expected to soar.

Eurosceptic Tories are demanding the Prime Minister confronts the European Union over the taxation of sanitary items as part of his renegotiation of Britain's membership.

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The company's website and computer systems have been breached three times in just eight months, putting personal details, including addresses and bank details, of up to four million customers at risk.

George Osborne is prepared to do more to help low-paid workers hit by tax credit cuts, ministers signalled this morning in a last-ditch bid to stop peers throwing out the plans.

Politicians sympathetic to the European cause have been told to stress the closeness in the polls between those who want Britain to stay in and those who want to leave.

Jeremy Corbyn clearly hadn't relished the experience of attending a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in honour of China's president, says SIMON DANCZUK.

Jes Staley, a hedge fund manager and former high-flyer at Wall Street giant JPMorgan, is understood to have been chosen as the man to replace ousted Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins.

A&E; staff, paramedics and police officers are spending a quarter of their time dealing with drunks when they could be saving lives and solving crimes, a damning new report reveals.

The stunning women posed up a storm on the November cover of United Airlines' Rhapsody Magazine , each channelling gothic glamour in striking, flowing gowns

The Quantock ponies (pictured) have roamed hills around Bridgewater, Somerset, for 60 years but in recent years have became so sugar-crazed they have become a danger to the public.

The pair famously fell out in 2012 when Marc, who walked out on the singer when she was a child, claimed in an interview that she struggled to find love because of her abandonment issues.

The public debut of what is surely the globe's most improbable love-birds - Texan model Jerry Hall, 59, and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 84 - is expected to happen at Twickenham on Saturday.

Syed Shah, 29, was jailed last week at Birmingham Crown Court, for sexually-assaulting a woman he was 'healing'. Since the trial, has second woman has come forward claiming he did the same to her.

David Hands, 64, followed his doctor's orders when he suffered an attack of angina at the wheel of his car in Birmingham and pulled over to take his medication - but was later handed a £35 fine

Going by the look on his face, Harry was disappointed to see Australia pull ahead early to 19-9 by the end of the first half at today's Rugby World Cup semi-final.

Once a week Lynda Lim, a 64-year-old actress wakes up with a hangover - but it's not caused by alcohol but by salt. Ingesting too much salt can cause dehydration and cause headaches and puffiness.

Abdulrahman Abunasir submitted an asylum claim while serving a jail-term for sexually assaulting a woman in London but is blocking deportation attempts by claiming he is a Syrian refugee.

With its luxurious interiors, home gym, private cinema room and a concierge service, it's hard to believe that Wimbledon Hill Park by Berkeley Homes was once a thriving hospital.

Charlie Gilmour was at St Pancras station in North London when about 150 protesters armed with smoke and paint bombs clashed with police as they tried to storm the Eurostar platforms.

The Local Government Association has warned that supermarkets need to do more to stop trolley thefts, as the 'country is becoming blighted with abandoned carts'.

The plain cracker was sold by Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers in Devizes in Wiltshire and fetched 5,000 ($7656) more than it was expected to go for. The cracker survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Officers from South Wales Police declared a major incident following the collision involving an Audi A4 outside Streets Nightclub, in John Street, Porthcawl, at around 1am this morning.

Dozens of dogs dressed as pumpkins, scary skeletons and witches were pictured at the All Dogs Matter Hallowe'en Dog Show in Hampstead Heath, north London, earlier today.